cabaret

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A restaurant or nightclub providing short programs of live entertainment.

n. The floor show presented by such a restaurant or nightclub.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub.

n. The nightclub or restaurant where such entertainment is held.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed.

n. A type of restaurant where liquor and dinner is served, and entertainment is provided, as by musicians, dancers, or comedians, and usually providing space for dancing by the patrons; -- similar to a nightclub. In some cases, the performers dance or sing on the floor between the tables, after the practice of a certain class of French taverns. The term cabaret is often used in the names of such an establishment.

n. The type of entertainment provided in a cabaret{2}.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed: as, “some cabaret or tennis-court,” Abp. Bramhall, Against Hobbes.

n. A set of vessels forming a service for tea, coffee, or the like; for example, a tray with tea-pot or pitchers and cups, generally made of the same material throughout, as fine porcelain or the like.

She is one of the hardest-swinging jazz vocalists working today, yet Paula West 's career pattern of appearing primarily in cabaret venues like Feinstein' s and the Oak Room underscores that she hardly neglects the lyrics and narrative.

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Excerpt from the lyrics to the song "Cabaret" by Fred Ebb from the Musical of the same name.No use permittingsome prophet of doomTo wipe every smile away.Come hear the music play.Life is a Cabaret, old chum,Come to the Cabaret!